British expert: Armed forces of Ukraine will have to leave Lysichansk "faster than expected"

He associated such assessments with taking control of the Lisichansk oil refinery.

“They can close that gap pretty easily now.

They can surround the Ukrainians.

The Ukrainians will be forced to withdraw from Lisichansk, perhaps faster and further than they could expect, ”RIA Novosti quotes Clark.

On July 1, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the allied forces, during a special operation to protect the Donbass, went directly to the city of Lisichansk, over the past three days, the Lisichansk oil refinery, the Matrosskaya mine, the gelatin factory and the settlement of Topolevka have been taken under control.

In the village of Verkhnekamenka, Ukrainian troops lost more than 120 people killed during the day, the enemy lost another 70 people in Verkhnekamensky, the ministry said.